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‘It’s not all about what you’re eating’

Her product launches were storming ahead last year, but Ella Mills was experiencing an ‘annus horribilis’ in her personal life. The plant-based champion talks about the lifestyle changes that helped her through tough times

HOW I STAY HEALTHY

WORDS: MELANIE LEYSHON. ELLA PORTRAIT: ALEXIS TYMON

MILLIONS OF US have long admired, and followed, Ella Mills, the founder and creative director of Deliciously Ella, impressed by the way she turned her health around through diet. While studying history of art at University of St Andrews she became ill with postural tachycardia syndrome, a debilitating illness that left her fatigued and in and out of hospital.

Ella researches everything forensically and found, for her, beginning to manage the condition meant switching to a whole foods, plant-based diet. She started sharing her recipes on her Deliciously Ella blog in 2011 – and the rest, as they say, is history. While seven years ago plant-based seemed niche, weird and wonderful, now it’s a mainstream trend people can easily follow or tap into.

About Healthy Food Guide

What’s your craving? Beat that sugar, carb or fat addiction and lose weight on our nutrition editor’s smart meal plans. Get into healthy plant-based eating with guest editor Deliciously Ella’s 25-page section of recipes and advice for healthy, tasty and filling meals. And face down winter by snuggling up in the bedroom – the experts explain how sex can boost your health!